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10 Farm Movies from Around the World

It’s getting harder to find what can be called a farm movie. As the number of agricultural holdings decrease, so...
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Callanish stones, Isle of Lewis
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Three Poems by Nicki Griffin

Lust in the Time of Covid How can he not sneak out to meet her through the darkened streets his...
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Magpie and Mouse, poems by Liz Quirke
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3 Poems by Liz Quirke

Boluisce I root my fingers, burying them back and down. A twist into black, acidic soil, deeper than anything man-made....
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Night Shopping, by Noah Siela
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Night Shopping, a song by Noah Siela

Lyrics: Night Shopping Best thing that happened to mom Was  Hy-Vee opening all night long So she could use food...
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Café de la Paix, flailing
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Flailing, by Samantha Rogers

Last days in August The tarmac heats the rubber soles of my boots. It’s hotter here than I had expected...
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Poems by patrick deeley
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Poems by Patrick Deeley

TOBY’S SOLILOQUY To think what stands against me still is not the harm of falling off a ladder at two-storey...
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Two Poems by Amanda Huggins

AT THE KITCHEN TABLE The late spring snow catches us off-guard, drifts against the henhouse wall, blots out the distant...
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Adrian Bell and the Wisdom of the Fields, by Richard Hawking

One of the first actions the British Government took after their withdrawal from the EU on the 1st January was...
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the art of field drainage by Philip Walling
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The Beauty of Field Drainage, by Philip Walling

That works of draining are most ancient and of divine institution we have the testimony of Holy Scripture …  That...
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Teardrops by Martin Keaveney
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Teardrops, by Martin Keaveney

The dog had been missing since morning. It was getting late in the day, but I still wasn’t too keen...
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Aran Island grows potatoes
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Potatoes, by Surnaí Ó Maoildhia

When planted, potatoes are laid out in a particular pattern, like the 5 side of a die. Four corners of...
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flyers for stephen the dog
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Flyers for Steven, by Adam Kenworthy

Steven. Steven, is loose. Loose, so I had to go looking for him. I’d been meaning to fix the gate....
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